BoricuaLayz said...

Hmm, turn-key solution... This site would be useful to you if you were building the site yourself, and had programming questions along the way. A site like HotScripts.com might have a solution for you.

You could use scripts in this site that would aid in building the site like you want. The problem with using the "turn-key " or pre-made scripts that you just upload to webspace is that your site will be no different than someone else that is using the same script. You might have a different theme applied to it, but its still the same. Also, widely used scripts are often prone to exploits and such (because they are widely used). So carefully consider each option for what you want.

I recommend making your site unique as possible. To do that, build it from scratch; that way is exactly the way you want and you get all of the credit as well!

Haha thanks a lot
that makes a lot of sense though
well think about it

I was wondering if you could expand / explain what you meant by....

widely used scripts are often prone to exploits and such ....

Would this apply to drupal...?? also what is your experience / opinion of this package...?
thanks

duece,

Here is what I mean about the exploits on widely used scripts. Read this thread: Site Defaced?

In regards to drupal, sorry I do not know anything about the package. I could lie and spend a bunch of time researching it and post what I find, but you should do that? Perhaps someone with experience with it will respond.

i haven't used drupal either, but in general there's more motivation for someone to find an exploit in popular software because they can use it on more sites. in general if you keep the software updated, you're mostly okay because the holes get closed rather quickly. for sourceforge projects there are rss feeds you can subscribe to so you know when there's a new version available.

Turn-key, neh. I've looked at packages like joomla etc... and I it would be great to have cms do it all and you just put in some content. Where's the satisfaction in that?

I have a long range (3-5 year) outlook on learning programming. I have some ideas that I believe will one day be worthwhile.

The entire reason learn something is to do something greater, and I know that once I learn enough, I will do something greater.

Same reason to learn set theory, because you need a solid foundation in order to solve great mathematics problems.

(I'm glad to be back, I've remembered my password after about two months. )

I should create a 'change password' script.